Add a Cross Commodity

Commodity crosses are widely used by the nursery industry. Commodity crosses are a 'hybrid' of two existing plants. These existing plants must be found in the current commodity list since an unlisted commodity entered by a user cannot be used. A commodity cross is depicted as genus species X genus species. Commodity crosses use the botanical name of the two commodities, separated by an X as both its common name and botanical name.

NOTE: In order to reuse a cross commodity in a future application, the cross commodity must be saved in a template. Otherwise, you will need to re-enter the cross commodity for each application as it will not be saved.

1.	On the Commodities Overview page, click the Add Cross Commodity button. RESULT: The Commodity Search page with selections appears for adding a commodity.

2.	Click the Add Commodity button to open the Commodity Search page.

3.	Select the Search by criteria of Common name or Botanical name, and enter the search text (a name or part of name).

NOTE: Use singular commodity names in the commodity search field (for example, “apple” not “apples”). The search text can contain letters, numbers, spaces, a period (.), a comma (,), an apostrophe (‘), a dash (-) and must be 2 to 51 characters in length. The wildcard (*) can also be used; select the search tips link for more information on using the wildcard.

4.	Click the Search button. RESULT: The commodities meeting the Search criteria are listed.

5.	Click the Select next to the commodity you want to use. RESULT: The first part of the commodity name is generated.

To edit the cross commodity, add an additional commodity, or delete the previously selected commodity, click the Add Commodity button to search for and to add an additional commodity. A cross commodity must have at least two and no more than four parents.
RESULT: The Commodity Search page reappears.

7.	Select the Search by criteria of Common name or Botanical name, and enter the search text (a name or part of name) for the next commodity.

8.	Click the Search button. RESULT: The commodities meeting the Search criteria are listed.

9.	Click the Select button to add the second commodity. RESULT: The second part of the commodity name is generated. The Cross Commodity page reappears listing both commodities.

10.	Click the Save button to save the data. RESULT: The Application Step by Step Commodity Details page appears.

13.	Review the information on the Application Step by Step Commodity Details page; make corrections, if necessary.

14.	Click the Save button to save the new commodity or the Cancel button to cancel the new commodity entry.

15.	To update a commodity, click the Update button next to the commodity to be updated. RESULT: The Application Step by Step Commodity Details page appears. Make the desired updates and click the Save button.

16.	To delete a commodity, click the Delete button next to the commodity to be deleted. RESULT: The Confirmation page appears. Click Yes to confirm deletion or No to cancel the deletion.

17.	Click the Next button. RESULT: The Application Step by Step Attachments page appears.